In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. More about Technology and design: our digitally enabled future
Milan 2012: Italian furniture brand Magis presented these hanging sculptures made of wire mesh by sculptor Benedetta Mori Ubaldini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Clouds and Birds by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini for Magis
Dezeen promotion: in this podcast recorded in Milan, Aurel Aebi of multidisciplinary design practice atelier oï describes the scenography they created for Swiss bathroom brand Laufen, while designers Roberto Palomba and Toan Nguyen talk about their latest products. More about The Swiss Art of Expression by Laufen in Milan
Dezeen Wire: the London 2012 Olympic Torch by east London designers BarberOsgerby has been awarded as Design of the Year in a ceremony at the Design Museum in London tonight. More about London 2012 Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby wins Design of the Year 2012
Milan 2012: this armchair with a pleated leather seat by London designer Benjamin Hubert was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing. More about Juliet by Benjamin Hubert for Poltrona Frau
This stacking chair by French designer Philippe Starck is made of discarded material found in lumber factories and industrial plastic plants. More about Broom Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco
Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk writes about the focus on alternative means of production, open-source design and crowd-funding that permeated this year's Milan furniture fair in his column for the Guardian newspaper.
McGuirk talked to Dezeen about these issues when he popped into Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST last week - watch the interview in our daily show from Milan here.
We also spoke to editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima about The Future in the Making show he curated that's all about collaboration, open design, crowd-sourcing and hacking, and interviewed curator Beatrice Galilee at Hacked Lab where workshops, demonstrations and happenings took over the city's most famous department store all week.
See all our coverage from Milan here.
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Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. More about Gentle by Front for Porro
Milan 2012: in response to the growing number of freelancers looking for workspaces outside of their homes, London studio Aberrant Architecture have created pub tables that can be adapted into desks by day and games tables by night. More about Devil Amongst the Tailors by Aberrant Architecture
Milan 2012: today is the final edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST in which we round up some of the other things that have been happening during the week. More about Dezeen Studio: Sundayat MOST
Milan 2012: Bangkok designers THINKK studio have created a lamp that slots together like a children's toy. More about CONST lamp by THINKK studio at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: today’s edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST is all about performance. First up Faye Toogood tells us how she's curing visitors with clay in a soothing pavilion called La Cura, then Sheridan Coakley of London design brand SCP shows us round their stand where one chair is upholstered using traditional methods each day. More about Dezeen Studio: Saturdayat MOST
Milan 2012: process and outcome are literally given equal weighting in this installation of work by Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler, shown on weighing scales at Wait and See shop in Milan this week. More about Balanced by Mischer’Traxler at Wait and See
Milan 2012: 14 young designers come together to create an ideal living space for an exhibition called The Front Room: Geometry and Colour inside a listed Milanese house this week. More about The Front Room: Geometry and Colour
Milan 2012: weary fair-goers in Milan can relax and recharge at an installation by Studio Toogood at MOST this week, guided through a healing performance by mysterious helpers dressed in white. More about La Cura by Studio Toogood at MOST
Milan 2012: the 400 wooden slats of this table top by Mauricio Affonso allow it to expand, contract and fan out into a full circle. More about Fan Table by Mauricio Affonso at Ventura Lambrate
Milan 2012: this lamp by Swedish designers Front blows a bubble every few seconds to form a transparent shade round an LED. More about Surface Tension Lamp by Front
Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch-based interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio are presenting a lighting mobile that moves around to map its surroundings at Light+ Building in Frankfurt this week. More about Designed in Hackney: Scan Mobile by Jason Bruges Studio
Milan 2012: new Italian brand Discipline launch their inaugural collection in Milan this week. More about Discipline launches in Milan